New York City vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	New York City	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4207	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9179	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$2718	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$4382	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$875	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$373	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5229	$3726
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	100	56
😀 Quality of life	95	91
🏙️ Population	8.8M	526K

The cost of living in New York City is 137% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4th and 2945th ($4207 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 156th in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New York City compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 18th and 150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Nuremberg

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	New York City	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.6	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.27	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$5.88	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3712	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2223	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5056	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3881	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.8	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17512	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9335	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.55	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.96	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.67	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.34	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.77	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.7	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.4	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.99	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$118	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$21.2	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$156	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$40.7	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.7	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2132	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21999	$17866

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2850
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3614
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3134
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$3092
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2814
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3307
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2803
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2868
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2738
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2781
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2803
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2801
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2696
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2750
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2792
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2533
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2717
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2809
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2539
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2512
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2665
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2684
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2685
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2477
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2702
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2782
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2665
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2772
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2697
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2734
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2666
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2638
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2497
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2687
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2863
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2758
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2690
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2503
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3188

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767